Bolster extension



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BOLSTER- ETENSINJ Application filed Eecember 1G, 1918.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

.Be it lriioivri thet l, iler-.rias ll. Teuge citizen the United States7 residing` et etioit, iii the county or Becher and oit liruiesoto7 have iiiv iited cert-siii heu' zuid useiul is in Bolster l'fteiisious, of

ln edd' to the oregoiiig iiiy invention compre1 Jioveirieuts iii-the t et ils ot colistru oii d :irren eme-rit ot the parts more 'fully described end forth in the egg-ended to be hereinafter particularly set claims.

Figure is e view in side elevation roy ettschrrieht applied to one eud of bolster.

2, is e vieu of the device iii plexiAU uid 3, is e view of the deviffe iii longitunl section.

if ith reference to the dra-Wings, 10 indicsites ooe eiid of e bolster such es is used in the construction of sito. r Wheel suppoitiiug` vehicles, or sleds7 adept d for hauling logs` VThe holsters ere extended transversely oi' the vehicle or sled iii longitudinally spaced reletiou7 end the logs are supported on the holsters iii e position longitudinally of tee vehicle. For the 'purposes ot iiiy iriver ioii each erid oi bolster is `orovided with verticel opening 11.

lily improvement comprises e peir ot hiueedly coriiieeted sections 12 and 18, the sectie-r 13 ComprisiL e. plete 14 heviiigz ceiitrelly formed there ri stout stud 15 to enter the opening 11 of the bolster. The plete is also formed upon one edge with e pair of spaced lugs 16 having eliiied spertures iii which to receive eins 17.

The section 12 of the device comprises e. plete 18 oit e width slightly less than the Width oi' the bolster zuid oit eriy desired length provided upon o'ee end with ipertured lug` 19 Which is disooseble between the lues 16 to receive the pin 1'? and thereby hiiigiedly connecting the sections 12 erid 13 together, The plete 12 is formed upon its Specialization of Le ers Feteut.

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Serial No. $593,078.

under side with eu ebutiiieut 20 ut the end et the plete bearing the lug` sud the out vertical edge oi? the abutment inclined receive the iiicliued oud of tI c desired .C f() muy thus ioriiiie s t considerably increasing Ll'. or. the levis-e.

opposite end ol the 1 video noch its under ide 09".'{111 u flieht @o '.iicu iev se o eu opeiiiii iiieiit with en opeuiri 'formed in the plete 18. lf desired, tue ebuthieiit 2O may be sii--ilerly formed ot operi Work construction to let `he amount of metil necessary irl the construction of the device Without 'ecricirig any of the streiigt thereof. To further bi'ece the section 18 rib 26 iiiey be formed upon the under side oit the "plete es indicated.

.in use7 end when it is necessary to extend the Width oit the vehicle to support en edditioiiel number of logis, the section 12 is disposed iii en outvv'erdiy extending horizontal position with the abutment 2O bearing against the end the bolster es indicated in the dreivirigs. ifi stehe (not shown) muy be inserted iii the openings und 2li the outer end or the device to permit the logs to be led one upon another. Thus it will be een, that by prrr-riding` e device of this cherecter upon each erid of each bolste; the Width ol the vehicle may be increased considerably to support e. greater vnumber of log/s thereby inereesihj the capacity erid velue of the vehicle with the addition ot lout e srhvell'eX- pense to cover the cost of the devicesa The section 12 be folded in to rest upon the top surface of the bolster when not iii use1 or wher eu extreordiuery Width of the vehicle is riot required.) and the space b0- tweeii the abutment 2O end enlargement 23 may serve to center nud support the end logs ou the vehicle end breveiit seid loes from rollingor?. The devices may furthermore be readily removed bv withdrswing;` the studs 15 from the ends ci' the holsters and the strikes may be ieiziserted iii seid opening-s 11.

While l have illustrated end described my invention with some cegree of perticulerity7 l realize that in practice various alterations thereover may be mede and thereilore desire to reserve the right and privilege oi Changing the form o the details of construetion or otherwise elterinfr the rreriemerit or the eorreletive parts without depsirting` from the spirit oli' the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described 111 y iiiveiitiori what I claim es new end desire to secure by Letters Fatent is l. i device es set forth, in combination with e Vehicle bolster, e weer plete on each terminal. of .the bolster, each weer plate being obliquely offset and terminating abruptly to provide a pocket et the eiid oit' the bolster, and ari extension hinged on top of the weer plete and having one of its eiids shaped to conform to the contour of seid pocket and engaged therewith to serve as a support for the extension.

2. A detachable extension for bolsters iii-V oludiiig e plate equipped with a stud for er1- gegement with the bolster, and body hinged to seid plete and adeptec to lie end to end with the bolster, when in an operative position, wherebj,T the bolster will sustain seid bod;T against undue movement.

A detachable extensionior boisters irieludirig e plete, one ieee of which is extended to provide en integral stud, the stud being detaehebiy mounted in 'the bolster,

Vand an extension hinged on the piete and adapted to lie iii the seme horizontal plaine with the bolster to serve es a Continuation o' 'the letter.

in testimony whereof aiz; my signature iii presence or' two witnesses.

JAMES N. TREE.

Witnesses P. F. SCHROEDER, RAY S. DUTTON. 

